Thousands attend cremation ceremony of late Thai king

Mourners kneel down and pray while waiting in front of the cremation grounds where the body of late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej's body was taken to be cremated in Bangkok on October 26, 2017. (AFP)

Thousand of Thai citizens have gathered in Bangkok to attend the cremation of the late Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

King Bhumibol died aged 88 at Bangkok's Siriraj on October 13th last year. Thousands of people participated in the ceremony of his death.

King Bhumibol was succeeded by his son, King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun who accepted the throne on December 1 but will not be formerly crowned until after the cremation.


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